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Create your own website for free! | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
Webnode est le meilleur moyen de créer et de gérer votre propre site web gratuitement.

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What Graduation Speeches Should Say but Don’t | TIME.com

What Graduation Speeches Should Say but Don’t | TIME.com | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
There is a strong chance you will wind up miserable with no sense of purpose if you don't figure out one very important thing.
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Step inside - 3 years old - initial stage - visible thinking

On this short video you will see a group of 3 years old children doing the thinking routine "step inside" A routine for learning to see things from different...

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The Book Chook: Visual Literacy - Investigate and Play with Images

The Book Chook: Visual Literacy - Investigate and Play with Images | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it

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BookChook's curator insight, March 31, 2:09 PM

Help kids develop skills in visual literacy by using picture books, apps, websites and other media. 

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Collaborative Learning Spaces

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Teens, Social Media, and Privacy | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

Youth are sharing more personal information on their profiles than in the past. They choose private settings for Facebook, but share with large networks of friends.
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Teens, Social Media, and Privacy | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

Teens, Social Media, and Privacy | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
Youth are sharing more personal information on their profiles than in the past. They choose private settings for Facebook, but share with large networks of friends.

 

 

 

 

 

Key findings include:

 

Teens are sharing more information about themselves on their social media profiles than they did when we last surveyed in 2006:

 

- 91% post a photo of themselves, up from 79% in 2006.

 

- 71% post their school name, up from 49%.

 

- 71% post the city or town where they live, up from 61%.

 

- 53% post their email address, up from 29%.

 

- 20% post their cell phone number, up from 2%.

 


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Allan Shaw's curator insight, Today, 4:43 AM

US data but Pew Research is reputable. Privacy is a learned habit and we cannot assume younger people see the need. Maybe they will be proven correct and privacy is not required to the same degree as I feel it is and should be? Thanks Gust Mees.

Deanya Lattimore's curator insight, Today, 7:58 AM

The Pew Reports are always fascinating.

Dave Webb's curator insight, Today, 11:28 AM

Youth are sharing more personal information on their profiles than in the past. They choose private settings for Facebook, but share with large networks of friends.

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How Teens Are Really Using Facebook

How Teens Are Really Using Facebook | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
The Facebook generation is fed up with Facebook. That's according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, which surveyed 802 teens between the ages of 12 and 17 last September to produce a 107-page report on their online habits.

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Anu Ojaranta's curator insight, Today, 6:01 AM

The power of Facebook is diminishing? 

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Have others been able to share this on Facebook?
Stacey Py Flynn's curator insight, Today, 6:36 AM

I'm not sure if I should Tweet or post on Facebook or what. 

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Emaze - create amazing presentations

Emaze - create amazing presentations | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it

Emaze vision – to change the way people create presentations through a simple, fully automated process that generate powerful and engaging showcases.


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Begoña Iturgaitz's curator insight, Today, 7:32 AM

Zeozer aurkezpen tradizionalak eta prezi bitartean.  Oraindik beta fasean (frogak egiten, baina itxurosoa.....

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Critical Thinking: Foundational for Digital Literacies and Democracy

Critical Thinking: Foundational for Digital Literacies and Democracy | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
In case you haven't seen this...great column by Jesse Gainer in JAAL on Pop Culture and Digital Literacies ... http://t.co/lRDJ55msYv

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Katherine Kedey's curator insight, May 21, 8:49 AM

Interesting connections to Critical Literacy, Voice & Strategy

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Critical thinking and analytical thinking are not the same thing!

Critical thinking and analytical thinking are not the same thing! | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it

Critical thinking and analytical thinking are not the same thing. To clarify the difference between these words, let's look at their etymology (word origins). According to the dictionary, "analyze" means to break apart into essential elements. The opposite of analyze is synthesize, or put together. "Criticize" means to evaluate or make a judgment regarding the merits or faults. The opposite of criticize in one sense would be praise, or in another sense absence of judgment. Simply looking at the two definitions, it is glaringly obvious that two different skill sets are required. So why are they often lumped together? The dictionary definition of this answer would be a stupor of thought, or the condition of not thinking.


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Charles Fischer's curator insight, Today, 6:04 AM

There are many types of thinking! It's extremely important to first recognize a variety, whether through Multiple Intelligences, Bloom's Taxonomy or another lens. Then students need opportunities to practice, practice, practice.

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Q&A: Pew Researcher Analyzes Students' E-Research Skills - Education Week News

Q&A: Pew Researcher Analyzes Students' E-Research Skills - Education Week News | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
Education Week News Q&A: Pew Researcher Analyzes Students' E-Research Skills Education Week News That upside is tempered by concerns that students' digital literacy needs to improve—in today's world, students need to know how to judge the quality...
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Sony A4-sized digital paper notepad is light, durable and responsive #DigInfo

Sony 13.3" A4-sized digital paper notepad is light, durable and responsive (http://www.diginfo.tv/v/13-0036-r-en.php) 15/5/2013 Educational IT Solutions Expo...

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Explanations: Top Ten Teaching Tips

Explanations: Top Ten Teaching Tips | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
“There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell i...

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Mary Perfitt-Nelson's curator insight, May 19, 9:34 PM

I have not read an article specifically about giving explanations before!  This one give ten great tips to ponder when we are attempting to explain to others.   May favorite is the last:  "check for understanding"!  

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New Handy Chart on The Difference Between Projects and Project-based Learning ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

New Handy Chart on The Difference Between Projects and Project-based Learning ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
Projects vs Project Based Learning: What's the difference? http://t.co/z9JxHAZmpq #PBL
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Policy Priorities:Coming to Terms with Common Core Standards:Coming to Terms with Common Core Standards

Policy Priorities:Coming to Terms with Common Core Standards:Coming to Terms with Common Core Standards | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner.
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46 Tools To Make Infographics In The Classroom

46 Tools To Make Infographics In The Classroom | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it

Infographics are interesting–a mash of (hopefully) easily-consumed visuals (so, symbols, shapes, and images) and added relevant character-based data (so, numbers, words, and brief sentences).

The learning application for them is clear, with many academic standards–including the Common Core standards–requiring teachers to use a variety of media forms, charts, and other data for both information reading as well as general fluency...


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BookChook's curator insight, May 12, 5:22 PM

An almost overwhelming but potentially useful list.

Adam Lenaarts's curator insight, May 15, 3:44 AM

As a Teacher it becomes more and more important to visualise complex processes...I think it's great tools like these give teachers a chance to be more visual in there naratives.

 

LucaVanin's curator insight, May 17, 2:38 AM

Un modo differente di presentare all'interno di un Webinar: usare direttamente le infografiche! Ecco un po' di tools utili!

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Study: Free Computers Don’t Close The Rich-Poor Education Gap | TechCrunch

Study: Free Computers Don’t Close The Rich-Poor Education Gap | TechCrunch | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
According to a new study, we really don't have to worry too much about the nearly 1 in 4 children without access to FarmVille at home.
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Karl Gude - What Makes an Infographic Cool? - Blog About Infographics and Data Visualization - Cool Infographics

Karl Gude - What Makes an Infographic Cool? - Blog About Infographics and Data Visualization - Cool Infographics | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
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Infographics: Inform, Illuminate

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Karl was a presenter at the VizThink Conference, MI.http://www.vizliteracy.com/conference/

 

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Learners Should Be Developing Their Own Essential Questions

Learners Should Be Developing Their Own Essential Questions | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it

"Having essential questions drive curriculum and learning has become core to many educators' instructional practices.  Grant Wiggins, in his work on Understanding By Design, describes an essential quetion as:  

A meaning of “essential” involves important questions that recur throughout one’s life. Such questions are broad in scope and timeless by nature. They are perpetually arguable – What is justice?  Is art a matter of taste or principles? How far should we tamper with our own biology and chemistry?  Is science compatible with religion? Is an author’s view privileged in determining the meaning of a text? We may arrive at or be helped to grasp understandings for these questions, but we soon learn that answers to them are invariably provisional..."


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Beth Dichter's curator insight, March 28, 11:35 PM

Why should we teach students to develop their own essential questions? Perhaps because they may be able to develop questions that are engaging and of interest to them. 
Gerstein explores this issue by sharing a variety of resources that look at question, including Jamie McKenzie who describes "what actually happens in most schools and classrooms in terms of questioning", Paul Harris who "argues that questions occupy a more central role than we realize in childhood cognitive development", and others.

In addition there is information on how to help students generate their own essential questions (additional information in the post):

* Begin a New Unit with Students Developing Questions

* Create a Taxonomy of Questions

* Ask Students to Create Questions as Homework

She also shares information on the QFT (Question Formulation Technique) which has six steps, beginning with "Teacher Design a Question Focus" and immediately moves to "Students Produce Questions" and then to "Students Improve Question" and finishes with "Students Reflect on What they have Learned." For more information (and steps 4 and 5) check out the post!

Claudia M. Reder's curator insight, Today, 12:31 PM

Remember the saying, "Children come to school as question marks and leave as periods (Neil Postman).  Let's help students learn the value of questioning and being a questioner.

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An Interview With Sir Ken Robinson

An Interview With Sir Ken Robinson | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
He has the most viewed TED Talk of all time. Now, Sir Ken Robinson talks with us about creativity and finding your “Element.”

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Why Is Facebook Blue? The Science Behind Colors In Marketing

Why Is Facebook Blue? The Science Behind Colors In Marketing | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
Turns out something as simple as tweaking the color of a button changes user behavior or endears people to your product. Buffer's Leo Widrich explains...
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EdTech Lingo Cheat Sheet

EdTech Lingo Cheat Sheet | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it
Gamification, digital storytelling, virtual classrooms…it’s not easy to keep track of all of the new buzzwords in the booming edtech sector. At Boundless..

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Theories of Learning. Connectivism: A new type of learning for the digital age

Theories of Learning. Connectivism: A new type of learning for the digital age | 21st Century Literacy and Learning | Scoop.it

Theories of Learning. Connectivism: A new type of learning for the digital age


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Sybil Caballero's comment, Today, 11:19 AM
Sostengo un nuevo enfoque la enacción planteada por Varela, un aporte que sale de los encuadres tradicionales de la neurociencia y nos coloca en la pregunta de Cómo el cerebro, mente, cuerpo y entorno están imbricados. Varela plantea la paradoja del huevo y la gallina, luego responde los dos pués uno no existiría sin el otro. Interesante solución.
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Dear Teachers, have a llok at this interesting info ;-)

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Q&A w Brandy A: How can I learn to be a graphic facilitator?

Brandy Agerbeck of Loosetooth.com describes opportunities to learn about graphic facilitation. She's offers The Lab and will be presenting in 2013 at IFVP & ...
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James Moeser and the importance of media literacy

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Last September, Dan Gillmor wrote an essay on journalism education that should be read by everyone in higher education. He included this prescription:

“Persuade the president (or chancellor, or whatever the title) and trustees of the university that every student on the campus should learn journalism principles and skills before graduating, preferably during freshman year.---” 


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